THE APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES FOR CONTROLLING PEST AND ITS IMPACT TO AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEM AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Abstract

One of the limiting factors for increasing agricultural production is the attack of pests. It had been done many ways of controlling insect pest, and one of them used synthetic pesticides. The study was aimed at determining the negative impacts of using pesticides on the agricultural ecosystem and public health. Study used reference studies including: scientific journals, research reports and seminar proceedings. Data of various sources were analyzed descriptively and qualitatively to answer the study problems. Result study indicated that pesticides had negative impacts on agricultural ecosystems, including resistance, resurgence, biological magnification, death of non-target organisms, secondary pest outbreaks and environmental pollutions. In addition to those negative impacts, pesticide exposure can deactivate the work of enzymes and hormones that regulate the body's homeostatic. The reactions most often arise due to pesticide exposure are heavy cough, shortness of breath and dermatitis. The organ of body most often disturbed due to pesticide exposure is liver.

Keyword : pesticides, environmental pollution, public health